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Don't calculate on power

Kludged calculator.jpgAnother one for the home-brewed fixes / bodges / kludges category...

Calculate the odds that this calculator actually works, with the modified on / off switch.

See it in all its glory on thereifixedit.com

The Favourite Comment reads:
"I wouldn't be so quick to judge that the switch turns on/off the calculator. For all we know, that's a kludged doomsday device activation protocol." (Fixer Thadius)
Talking of calculators, don't forget our very first in the Impossible Objects series - the Simplified Calculator, courtesy of Jacques Carelman.

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